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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine. n P; W X9 C2 P
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: q" Q- k+ o( h. NOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.+ b& q+ ~0 K" a0 O% F6 m: i
2 ~) p/ Z) Z+ ~4 o1 KDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.' Z- D& u- Q6 L" J+ V/ X- `
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"With any vaccination campaign, we expect to see some cases of serious adverse events," he said. "They are very rare, but they are part of all mass-vaccination campaigns and we expect to see a small number of them."
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4 {* p* y+ c1 d2 G5 F5 P' V- L( h/ c" ]More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.- y# c7 N: t w. `# T* O$ x) B
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One person is believed to have died from a serious reaction to the vaccine, Butler-Jones said, but the death hasn't yet been conclusively linked to the flu shot. He said it's possible the elderly person who died suffered from an underlying condition.8 f$ T, X/ z9 o7 K
/ U% c1 a' u+ Y7 _% m7 f. W1 `All the serious side effects came after shots of the adjuvanted vaccine, which contains a compound to boost the vaccine's potency. Butler-Jones said that's likely because the vast majority of people being vaccinated are getting the adjuvanted vaccine.
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% i7 o' d h( r H6 iA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.5 v# G3 ]2 e' t
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Butler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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Mild effects, such as nausea, soreness, headaches and fever, are far more common reactions to the swine-flu shot - just as they are for all vaccines.- S- o1 F8 ]% R3 x. C5 [0 j
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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* H/ O. W" q9 q) j% dSo far, 198 people have died of swine flu. By comparison, seasonal flu kills between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians each year. |
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